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inside pakistan in this what two bally -- in this what valley to face challenges that pakistan faces and we're also infers that those steps have won popular support among the pakistan people. because we believe that that support will provide the basis for continued action to ensure that the soil of pakistan is not used as a base from which militants and extremists can attack neighboring countries. >> can i ask a question? >> sure. >> you don't have to identify yourself. >> once again, you didn't mention although the administration has made clear that there the treaty will be on their front burner perhaps after starts but certainly on the front burner. and this is traditionally been an object of some disagreement between us and the indians. in light of the fact that the likelihood of this cdbg entry into force as is quite low given other countries that need to end will not sign it, i wonder whether, how you see the prospects for it and whether you think it is a possible problem and i also wonder if you in that same vein or just expand on the question of the convention supplementary co
inside pakistan in this what two bally -- in this what valley to face challenges that pakistan faces and we're also infers that those steps have won popular support among the pakistan people. because we believe that that support will provide the basis for continued action to ensure that the soil of pakistan is not used as a base from which militants and extremists can attack neighboring countries. >> can i ask a question? >> sure. >> you don't have to identify yourself....
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of pakistan. i don't know if that is still true i haven't looked at the numbers recently but i suspect in this regard that china is moving ahead. i'm not sure -- i don't think it offers much leverage in a negative sense and i don't think there is anything that we would want to do to reduce our exports to pakistan and we don't report much pakistan. in a positive sense, of course, there is a huge potential incentive for pakistan in that it's a textile producing country and if it were able to import it textiles into the united states under more favorable terms that would be a big boon to the pakistani economy. frankly, my sense is first, no one is thinking about carrots right now. and second, trade deals in and of themselves, while i leave it to the collective sense of the audience whether this administration will pursue trade deals and especially free-trade deals. potentially, you know, it is interesting but i don't see it as something that has a real immediate opportunity. >> just to be quick. two
of pakistan. i don't know if that is still true i haven't looked at the numbers recently but i suspect in this regard that china is moving ahead. i'm not sure -- i don't think it offers much leverage in a negative sense and i don't think there is anything that we would want to do to reduce our exports to pakistan and we don't report much pakistan. in a positive sense, of course, there is a huge potential incentive for pakistan in that it's a textile producing country and if it were able to...
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is pakistan's patron. partly because you asked, in the at held back in a remarkable display of self retrained which was in indiana's interest. often states do things for political reasons that may not be in their interest, but it was the smart thing to do. but it becomes a convenient and very understandable politically to blame somebody else that you have been counting on if something like this happens. on the indian side, that could cause a problem. i don't think the iran issue will be a problem for reason that we may be heading towards a confrontation with iran. the stakes that would be more important are russia and china, the u.s. will be more angry at them, the expectations of india are relatively lower. >> i would add one note to that, what they're writing about is the kind of strike and air force capabilities they want, this is not about striking china, they want the capability to strike back and retaliate if they i hit again, i am not talking about next year but 5, 6, 7, 8 years from now, india with
is pakistan's patron. partly because you asked, in the at held back in a remarkable display of self retrained which was in indiana's interest. often states do things for political reasons that may not be in their interest, but it was the smart thing to do. but it becomes a convenient and very understandable politically to blame somebody else that you have been counting on if something like this happens. on the indian side, that could cause a problem. i don't think the iran issue will be a...
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i always want pakistan to overcome dysfunction for pakistan's sake. i want relationship with united states. it's not out of love for united states. it's for love of pakistan. pakistan has to realize and understand as a nation that no other nation can stretch you and make your size better than your neighbor. india's size is an advantage to i understand ya. you get over one thing pertive over everything and be happy with security as long as there's no attack from india, pakistan has nuclear weapons, i understand ya has nuclear weapon. that security is achieved. address the dysfunction, 48% of the excluding children who don't go to school in school and make sure that pakistan's population rises at a past faster than the pace of the economic growth, and none of those things can be addressed just by building relations between the military personality. >> the former ambassador to the u.s. acny on the painful history of pakistani relations sunday night at nine on "after words," just part of booktv this weekend on c-span2. >> former alaska governor palin expl
i always want pakistan to overcome dysfunction for pakistan's sake. i want relationship with united states. it's not out of love for united states. it's for love of pakistan. pakistan has to realize and understand as a nation that no other nation can stretch you and make your size better than your neighbor. india's size is an advantage to i understand ya. you get over one thing pertive over everything and be happy with security as long as there's no attack from india, pakistan has nuclear...
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this is an example from pakistan. a year or two years ago we went to the leadership of pakistan and said we need your help to hold people accountable in the eradication program and get the job finished and he asked for a map showing where the problem was and somebody handed a map but it was all green and what a show was over 95 percent of children were getting vaccinated in every district of pakistan and he said i don't understand the problem so we obviously were not properly managing the program. we went back and said it doesn't count if you say you were vaccinated -- you have to have a purple martin your figure, every single campaign we mark the figures and then we look at that to see whether or not there are truly being vaccinated and a very different picture when we brought him and put in place to objective measures as to whether or not children were being vaccinated. by february of this year the prime minister announced his action plan to hold a leadership of its district accountable to reaching the children with
this is an example from pakistan. a year or two years ago we went to the leadership of pakistan and said we need your help to hold people accountable in the eradication program and get the job finished and he asked for a map showing where the problem was and somebody handed a map but it was all green and what a show was over 95 percent of children were getting vaccinated in every district of pakistan and he said i don't understand the problem so we obviously were not properly managing the...
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in the past, pakistan has wagered correctly that the united states would rather accept pakistan incomplete support then lose it entirely. ambassador wells, i believe this president was correct to demand full cooperation from pakistan last august. how well his administration communicating its resolve to hold pakistan accountable for its support of terrorism? >> there have been very direct talks with the senior leadership and action under president trumps administration. we have taken the precedent it steps of -- support funds as a result that pakistan had not been undertaking the decisive steps necessary. i think we agree that pakistan has a lot to gain by peace in afghanistan. the challenge is, how do you secure pakistan support for the political process rather than the proxies. we for positive statements from the chief of army staff from pakistan he says there can be no room for nonstate actors that pakistan cannot be a normal state as long as there's extremist groups on the soil but we need to see action. we do not to live that pakistan has fought its own heroic bottles against terrorism
in the past, pakistan has wagered correctly that the united states would rather accept pakistan incomplete support then lose it entirely. ambassador wells, i believe this president was correct to demand full cooperation from pakistan last august. how well his administration communicating its resolve to hold pakistan accountable for its support of terrorism? >> there have been very direct talks with the senior leadership and action under president trumps administration. we have taken the...
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is pakistan really responsible? these are all the questions i will leave for the q&a session because i was given a timetable of ten or 15 minutes to speak. why has this relationship oscillated so much and has been a roller coaster? and how do we broaden and strengthen it? how can we broaden the lens? thank you very much for your attention b-17. [applause] >> i will turn the floor over to my colleague. >> thank you for your comments it is an honor to welcome you here it has been two and a half weeks since i started. so let me begin from the school at taft university so before we move on to a range of questions to raise the elephant in the room to deal with a whole range of issues of peace negotiations. but first let me turn to pakistan support and your response would be helpful in part but there is no question that pakistan has made countless sacrifices in blood that the experience in afghanistan i was in pakistan as a told you earlier during parts of the swat campaign. and very cognizant of those soldiers and of tho
is pakistan really responsible? these are all the questions i will leave for the q&a session because i was given a timetable of ten or 15 minutes to speak. why has this relationship oscillated so much and has been a roller coaster? and how do we broaden and strengthen it? how can we broaden the lens? thank you very much for your attention b-17. [applause] >> i will turn the floor over to my colleague. >> thank you for your comments it is an honor to welcome you here it has been...
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how does india have this pakistan issue to come up? pakistan, et cetera. are we not all that lucky not -- i'm not saying it's resolvable, but is it realistic to expect the interest while the problem remains? >> it's sort of what we've been doing this whole time. i think we are in this mode where we deal with it when it becomes a problem because there are bigger issues we are working on. on the pakistan u.s. side, afghanistan is the number one issue. that is kind of in a reactionary mode. we will deal with that when it comes. i don't see that changing unless we are going to go to the early troops in afghanistan in the next year. i don't anticipate that. until afghanistan situation changes, i think the u.s. is constantly going to have to balance how it approaches peace between the two countries. i remember having a conversation or 2008 and at that time we were getting a lot of money to pakistan virtually unchecked and been at the state department and the very senior official said kashmir is not even a national security interest. i don't see a national securi
how does india have this pakistan issue to come up? pakistan, et cetera. are we not all that lucky not -- i'm not saying it's resolvable, but is it realistic to expect the interest while the problem remains? >> it's sort of what we've been doing this whole time. i think we are in this mode where we deal with it when it becomes a problem because there are bigger issues we are working on. on the pakistan u.s. side, afghanistan is the number one issue. that is kind of in a reactionary mode....
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. >> what about pakistan? a great deal of the prospects of success in afghanistan are determined by the choices that pakistan makes which is one to make into the issue with of the dimension is pakistan as a factor in u.s.-india relations where india has used its of his being a victim of pakistan supported terrorism over the years at the top administration has really come quite forthrightly and chance of holding pakistan to account for these misdemeanors. how do you see the triangular relationship? >> i probably don't want to say a lot of that because we want to give the new prime minister, a new government in pakistan space to explore where there may be opportunities to improve relations with india many new governments come in with the power and want to do that and then run smack dab into reality and all the difficulties. but in terms of separating what was said during the campaign and what he said since the election, we want to give him space to find the opportunities to improve things with india. i think on
. >> what about pakistan? a great deal of the prospects of success in afghanistan are determined by the choices that pakistan makes which is one to make into the issue with of the dimension is pakistan as a factor in u.s.-india relations where india has used its of his being a victim of pakistan supported terrorism over the years at the top administration has really come quite forthrightly and chance of holding pakistan to account for these misdemeanors. how do you see the triangular...
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with a bid against the pakistan the government. if he was sent to that valley to participate in the british tactics that go to the different villages tries to sign orders for good behavior and it was a hard edge to our operation and wine of churchill's first engagements again the subject of several drones strikes actually was one of the video occasions during the six week period that churchill came within one whisker of losing his life. who later told his mother he came under fire and on three of the occasions he came very close to being killed. end theater will boone's were one of the most dangerous moments of his early career as a soldier. basically the party went up a hillside to punish the village because it was a long climb churchill this note to his horse. said he was not as conspicuous and that three of our clients they got there and as was the custom the villagers appeared. as they do now, they watch the western forces approach to look for weaknesses in their position then to see if there was some way to attack or ambush in
with a bid against the pakistan the government. if he was sent to that valley to participate in the british tactics that go to the different villages tries to sign orders for good behavior and it was a hard edge to our operation and wine of churchill's first engagements again the subject of several drones strikes actually was one of the video occasions during the six week period that churchill came within one whisker of losing his life. who later told his mother he came under fire and on three...
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will look like a pakistan where is a largely urban pakistan. 20 years ago pakistan used to be a rural country and now in the 20 -- by 2030 is estimated to become an urban country but karachi, the city that this book centers around is the largest muslim city in the world. it's 18, 19 million people and of course living in a city that size requires women to earn and be out there. so that is sort of a conundrum that the society is dealing with. one of the ways in which especially the more conservative elements want to preserve an old system where women were still in the house is to say the way we have no destitute women -- it's funny. in one sense of polygamy is supported by people who are very traditional and want to keep the old system and in another sense is supported by people who are almost like post-feminists in their thinking. it's like it's my choice and who has the right to tell me so those debates are going on. nearly every soap and pakistan features that let me -- polygamy issue. that is the center. our women constantly going to look at their role in society as conducted throu
will look like a pakistan where is a largely urban pakistan. 20 years ago pakistan used to be a rural country and now in the 20 -- by 2030 is estimated to become an urban country but karachi, the city that this book centers around is the largest muslim city in the world. it's 18, 19 million people and of course living in a city that size requires women to earn and be out there. so that is sort of a conundrum that the society is dealing with. one of the ways in which especially the more...
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-pakistan ties, including some questioning pakistan's status as a major ally. meanwhile in islamabad, prime minister khan said the u.s. and pakistan had had "a terrible relationship over the past two decades." i have to say i don't envy your job these days in the current environment. but i wonder, given those positions on both sides, where do you feel the relationship is headed? where would you say the most constructive areas to focus on our on the horizon -- are on the horizon? >> i think the beauty of this relationship, there never is a dull moment. it is going well and it is not. i think in coming back to what they announced earlier in terms of -- between the prime minister and the president. we do not use telephone calls as a measure of where the relationship stands. that should not be used. if that was to be used, we have had interactions, numerous between nsa and foreign minister . the nsa coming here. these changes are continuing. i have seen, frankly, both sides in mutual, how should i say, activation in the public space. but we have always had a lot in
-pakistan ties, including some questioning pakistan's status as a major ally. meanwhile in islamabad, prime minister khan said the u.s. and pakistan had had "a terrible relationship over the past two decades." i have to say i don't envy your job these days in the current environment. but i wonder, given those positions on both sides, where do you feel the relationship is headed? where would you say the most constructive areas to focus on our on the horizon -- are on the horizon?...
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pakistan needs to get over to be happy with security with india pakistan has nuclear weapons until they need to trade with everybody in the neighborhood with dysfunction in and make sure the population does not continue to keep pace faster than growth. >> host: that is true. looking relations over the past few years we have definitely seen a decline in the relationship with real tension in particular what is interesting you have information about a meeting that took place in 1998 with the clintons administration was planning to do attacks for the al qaeda bombing in the u.s. administration was in a quandary because they did not want to miss tip them off ahead of time that the same time they knew there recovery federal pakistan the airspace to think india was attacking the clinton administration says it a trusted counterpart to have dinner. >> guest: but i think it was someone other thing that. >> host: but i just thought. >> guest: is this fascinating. >> host: that he could be there. >> guest: in about 10 minutes there will fly over your airspace. >> host: was this done at that time pe
pakistan needs to get over to be happy with security with india pakistan has nuclear weapons until they need to trade with everybody in the neighborhood with dysfunction in and make sure the population does not continue to keep pace faster than growth. >> host: that is true. looking relations over the past few years we have definitely seen a decline in the relationship with real tension in particular what is interesting you have information about a meeting that took place in 1998 with the...
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>> i think pakistan no longer sees u.s. relations with india and pakistan. we are quite happy pakistan has a good relationship with the united states and we are equally pleased indeed that is developing a close and important strategic partnership with the united states. as far as president obama's visit to india is concerned, we appreciate that visit as offering an opportunity for bringing greater stability in the region and friendship and the united states and india is not something we look upon with any sense of worry. all we would like this for our relationship to be stable as well. what president obama said in india about the u.n. permanent security council permanent membership is something that we do not agree with. but then even reform is something that is a complex process and we feel that complex process has yet to play itself out. the united states also committed itself to a permanent seat for japan several years ago. japan is now nowhere near getting that seat so this is not something we think is going to reflect in any way on the u.s.-pakistan rel
>> i think pakistan no longer sees u.s. relations with india and pakistan. we are quite happy pakistan has a good relationship with the united states and we are equally pleased indeed that is developing a close and important strategic partnership with the united states. as far as president obama's visit to india is concerned, we appreciate that visit as offering an opportunity for bringing greater stability in the region and friendship and the united states and india is not something we...
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been allied with pakistan over years?. >> with a militaryy investment to form the octopus of all theof armed contractors and all the people that are pro orem's export all over washington john glenn had an amendment from participating or sending in the arms to pakistan. then they go to the commerce department l that basically since them the same thing. it goes on and on that way. for policy is not made in that traditional way. but the very first thing the indian passenger has to do is hire a law firms are lobbying firms that is the truth of the matter washington d.c. is the only place that is true. or even foundations. the brookings foundation and they are very much composite to give arms to india and pakistan. >> host: this follow the arms is follow the of many?. >> yes. bill wolf foreign policy is now made by the octopus i was talking to some young students that want to be active in foreign policy than i want to join a lobbying firm just to get into the united states senate is a sad situation. >> host: senator pressler do
been allied with pakistan over years?. >> with a militaryy investment to form the octopus of all theof armed contractors and all the people that are pro orem's export all over washington john glenn had an amendment from participating or sending in the arms to pakistan. then they go to the commerce department l that basically since them the same thing. it goes on and on that way. for policy is not made in that traditional way. but the very first thing the indian passenger has to do is hire...
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with the pakistan the taliban but then it moves because of the pakistan a taliban. and in terms of that identity. but all who joined the ranks of the pack is danny taliban. so all you need to see that gen to be successfully adapted and then to have kept some of it with the new >> but first a couple of anecdotes from the experiences i have had. the prime minister was returning to pakistan from 95 through 96. but then when she was returning she just mentioned what is your thought of the security? in pakistan? many security officials had a consensus before it is you want me to be direct? she said absolutely and i said i like the event you will be assassinated. she said i know that but tell me something else that will save me. she knew that she was walking into a death trap. the militants were strong enough. but that radicalization is not only confined to the military camps by and large give them a chance or with the pashtun but having said that the discourse has changed so why is this a militant group a good idea like isis? but then if you followed the attack that even
with the pakistan the taliban but then it moves because of the pakistan a taliban. and in terms of that identity. but all who joined the ranks of the pack is danny taliban. so all you need to see that gen to be successfully adapted and then to have kept some of it with the new >> but first a couple of anecdotes from the experiences i have had. the prime minister was returning to pakistan from 95 through 96. but then when she was returning she just mentioned what is your thought of the...
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but this is an example you see here from the tribal areas of pakistan bordering right on pakistan. as you can see they mapped out here along the different parts of this tribal agency. this is where fm radio reaches, where they had these taliban meetings, announcements, etc. to be able to mobilize and engage the community. so increasing at an increasingly more and more social mapping to figure out where the people are and what they will respond to. the other thing is bringing again professional management, accountability, also to what we are doing an area of communications. this is just an example of using indicators to monitor what's happening in terms of our social mobilization and back. in august, july actually we began investing heavily in terms of community immobilizes in this area of karachi. and you can see how we track over time what happens in terms of refusals. and then finally we need to develop against special strategies for very specific issues. as you can see here, not everyone thought polio eradication was an absolutely wonderful idea and they have to adapt our strat
but this is an example you see here from the tribal areas of pakistan bordering right on pakistan. as you can see they mapped out here along the different parts of this tribal agency. this is where fm radio reaches, where they had these taliban meetings, announcements, etc. to be able to mobilize and engage the community. so increasing at an increasingly more and more social mapping to figure out where the people are and what they will respond to. the other thing is bringing again professional...
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pakistan -- holding elections. do you have any concerns about free and fair elections and democracy in the country? you think there's any chance inn of italy have a positive influence in pakistan will improve? or is the relationship going to stay the course that it gets right now? >> you gave me several choices, and i will, i will take all of them. do i think that it did go from bad to worse over the last 20 years? it did. so much so that when we finally found osama bin laden he was in the shadow of their own high-ranking military and under their protection. nothing could be worse than the number one most wanted criminal essentially being sheltered by the partner that had profited by those 20 years of war. during that same time i saw our own cia■i apprehend, arrested or icr state department abused in pakistan. i certainly have seen -- i'm trying to find the right kind words to say. i seen economic opportunism be of delivering goods in afghanistan was artificially raised by pakistan's desire to collect what we tec
pakistan -- holding elections. do you have any concerns about free and fair elections and democracy in the country? you think there's any chance inn of italy have a positive influence in pakistan will improve? or is the relationship going to stay the course that it gets right now? >> you gave me several choices, and i will, i will take all of them. do i think that it did go from bad to worse over the last 20 years? it did. so much so that when we finally found osama bin laden he was in...
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>> one they wouldn't have developed the nuclear weapons if pakistan had not. they confirmed what is in my book and developed a nuclear weapon argentina would have gotten one and we would have had a nuclear device to south america. a if that didn't happen because of the amendment and the implications of it. they just didn't want to collide. they almost had a weapon both brazil and south africa have backed off. if brazil have gotten a nuclear weapon argentina would have cost him money and venezuela would have gotten one so, these things have kind of a sequential occurrence. once that happened, then indiaev developed one. between india and the united states is an arms sale agreement on our part in the assistance act for example the last trip to india was largely an arms sale. there's nothing about helping the people of india or spreading better agriculture and getting rid of the pollution. they say that it was a nuclear thing to use but they didn't resolve the liability issue and everybody knows that it will never happen and such a india is buying buying a watch
>> one they wouldn't have developed the nuclear weapons if pakistan had not. they confirmed what is in my book and developed a nuclear weapon argentina would have gotten one and we would have had a nuclear device to south america. a if that didn't happen because of the amendment and the implications of it. they just didn't want to collide. they almost had a weapon both brazil and south africa have backed off. if brazil have gotten a nuclear weapon argentina would have cost him money and...
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pakistan was created today, right, we think of korea, -- but in the 1960s that was pakistan. people thought it was going to be a huge success. there were a big ally of ours. what happened in pakistan is you had the open space and you had a bunch of people rush in to take advantage of the opportunity of a newly created country a strange country of a lot of folks from the job of came over due to partition. a tumultuous time. those families got control in the political apparatus. people talk about the unstability in pakistan. from an analytic standpoint there hasn't -- not the political instability the turn yoafer of the presidency. the structure has been dominated by the same group of people. same thing in egypt. mubarak left, but pakistan and egypt is not different stories. the military in both countries controlses upwards of 40% of the economy directly. and the rest
pakistan was created today, right, we think of korea, -- but in the 1960s that was pakistan. people thought it was going to be a huge success. there were a big ally of ours. what happened in pakistan is you had the open space and you had a bunch of people rush in to take advantage of the opportunity of a newly created country a strange country of a lot of folks from the job of came over due to partition. a tumultuous time. those families got control in the political apparatus. people talk about...
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and i always want pakistan to be part of pakistan for pakistan's state. and pakistan has to understand and realize that no other nation can stretch you and make this bigger than your neighbor. and so pakistan needs to get over this and be happy with security, as long as there is no attack and that security has been achieved. now they are trading with everyone in the neighborhood and addressing this economic dysfunction and making sure that it doesn't continue to rise at a pace that is much faster than the economic group and none of those things can be addressed. between the military and pakistan as well. >> host: i think that's absolutely true. if we look at the nations over the past two years, and we had definitely been able to see a decline in the relationship and very big tensions over the situation. and what is interesting, i find that you have interesting information about a meeting that took place in 1998. and this is where the clinton administration was claiming to do attacks on al qaeda in retaliation for the bombing of two of you smes and africa.
and i always want pakistan to be part of pakistan for pakistan's state. and pakistan has to understand and realize that no other nation can stretch you and make this bigger than your neighbor. and so pakistan needs to get over this and be happy with security, as long as there is no attack and that security has been achieved. now they are trading with everyone in the neighborhood and addressing this economic dysfunction and making sure that it doesn't continue to rise at a pace that is much...
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particularly with pakistan and iran and their engagement in a society. they maintain a little soft power implements both religious and cultural and very well represented and protecting their compressed but they also have a number of shared interest with the coalition. and the recognition and discussion of in terms of what can be done to promote stability in afghanistan. as far as your concer you're con the city they occupied the city a number of times throughout the course of the last few centuri centuries. especially when it suits their interests to kill the other coalition soldiers, sailors and marines. but i think overarching all of this is the religion to the people and i don't think they've gotten the taliban did. this will be an important partner in the calculus and tourism and how they deal with afghanistan. >> what is your elevator speech? >> when i was thinking what to say in terms of having watched a few episodes of the apprentice i am not sure that a lot of the arguments we've been convincing ourselves with over the last five to ten years woul
particularly with pakistan and iran and their engagement in a society. they maintain a little soft power implements both religious and cultural and very well represented and protecting their compressed but they also have a number of shared interest with the coalition. and the recognition and discussion of in terms of what can be done to promote stability in afghanistan. as far as your concer you're con the city they occupied the city a number of times throughout the course of the last few...
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and the first of city games in pakistan. with that taliban political commission to deal with foreigners in negotiating with foreigners within informal presence in doha. and to jump to my colleague's question about mortality -- modality to save the first-ever is to revive in 2013 to open formally the taliban office for the purpose of discussing peace with the afghan government in a publicly recognized way. then the second step is to breed in the regional players who are so of significant, there are a lot of challenges their with great difficulty conceptually a double and how to reconcile to bring india and pakistan in the same room. i will not underestimate that but the sea was what they should be pursuing as a way for word but i fully agree the taliban has not renounced definitively any ties with the al qaeda. there are some hints there has not been a formal break and is well established and then to break with al qaeda and respect the afghan constitution those are end conditions and that was the policy of the united states b
and the first of city games in pakistan. with that taliban political commission to deal with foreigners in negotiating with foreigners within informal presence in doha. and to jump to my colleague's question about mortality -- modality to save the first-ever is to revive in 2013 to open formally the taliban office for the purpose of discussing peace with the afghan government in a publicly recognized way. then the second step is to breed in the regional players who are so of significant, there...
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assistant relationship with pakistan is a crutch for pakistan. they know, the pakistan mindset is that the americans will come in at the 11th hour hour because they have so much invested in us. whether it's on the nuclear issue, that relationship will continue to be a crutch. that orientation towards india, they know that if we just go to for that americans are getting get worried that they will come in and save the day or not save the day. there will come in for us. i think until that changes, it's status quo. >> toby. >> going back to your book, the premise of which is how do you, as india, manage the terrorism problem cross-border. what about the other scenario which may not be the most seemingly problem but is realistic. it happens because of the history and what's happened in the past and they feel we must to do something about it. then add elements like isis. i wonder what happens to a crisis where it's a third-party actor, not one of these groups that we know of that manage an attack. in a situation where we are lost in all the conversatio
assistant relationship with pakistan is a crutch for pakistan. they know, the pakistan mindset is that the americans will come in at the 11th hour hour because they have so much invested in us. whether it's on the nuclear issue, that relationship will continue to be a crutch. that orientation towards india, they know that if we just go to for that americans are getting get worried that they will come in and save the day or not save the day. there will come in for us. i think until that changes,...
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just back to pakistan again. you have as the president said last week, al-qaeda is mostly in pakistan, not in afghanistan. you have taliban and al-qaeda leadership in big cities. and yet you cannot have american boots on the ground and you have a pakistani army which seems incapable of tackling them. so in practical terms, how do you tackle them? and secondly, what threat do the tribal areas in the northwest of pakistan pose to the rather fraile civilian government? -- fragile civilian government? >> i think there are two keys to getting progress in the current situation in pakistan. one is to strengthen the rule of law in accountability, the judiciary, those sorts of elements to the government and improve the authority of this elected civilian leaders. the other is the pakistani police. pakistani military and isi are externally focused. they're worried about the threat of india. there's only one element in the pakistani national security establishment whose matter concern is state collapse and extremist takeover
just back to pakistan again. you have as the president said last week, al-qaeda is mostly in pakistan, not in afghanistan. you have taliban and al-qaeda leadership in big cities. and yet you cannot have american boots on the ground and you have a pakistani army which seems incapable of tackling them. so in practical terms, how do you tackle them? and secondly, what threat do the tribal areas in the northwest of pakistan pose to the rather fraile civilian government? -- fragile civilian...
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their view is that pakistan needs to take action against the militants that live in pakistan and if pakistan is supporting terrorism i tell my counterparts that we have done more than any other country to defeat terrorism and we will continue to do that in our own interest because of the commitment they've given to the people of pakistan but when you suspend the dialogue, you actually give those militants what they want. every time they come together, something happens and they sit back and wait for the next time you come together. so the objective of the militants are being served. what should actually happen is exactly the opposite. they should stay engaged in work together to reduce its militants both in palestine and india. i think it is a problem that we need to solve by cooperating with each other. >> there is a question about what is pakistan's vision, what does the vision for the future, that sort of how i take this question but maybe a little bit broader or more specifically, it refers to see pat, this is the china economic order which has been a real game changer. it was very notab
their view is that pakistan needs to take action against the militants that live in pakistan and if pakistan is supporting terrorism i tell my counterparts that we have done more than any other country to defeat terrorism and we will continue to do that in our own interest because of the commitment they've given to the people of pakistan but when you suspend the dialogue, you actually give those militants what they want. every time they come together, something happens and they sit back and...
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instead of having the isolated nuggets of pakistan's drone attacks, pakistan is al-qaeda, pakistan is al-qaeda. to have a tapestry of what this site is like. so i wanted to weave together both a store like we did in pakistan today, didn't just become pakistan today. and i wanted people to see that in sort of a cinematic skate of just human beings, ordinary pakistan's. the other challenge often for me as a pakistani writer is that here i'm telling you this story of a very ordinary middle-class family. that's not a narrative. that in general i mean it's not just pakistan but in general people from my sort of background to become writers. they become like computer programmers, and i guess i did become a lawyer but i'm obviously not doing that when i'm writing. and we don't get to tell the stories of what ordinary life is like and how that is woven together. sometimes events benazir bhutto's assassination or others affect life. there are events that should affect life but they don't. this story revolves around polygamy and how laws on marriage affect women, but the fact is a lot of women
instead of having the isolated nuggets of pakistan's drone attacks, pakistan is al-qaeda, pakistan is al-qaeda. to have a tapestry of what this site is like. so i wanted to weave together both a store like we did in pakistan today, didn't just become pakistan today. and i wanted people to see that in sort of a cinematic skate of just human beings, ordinary pakistan's. the other challenge often for me as a pakistani writer is that here i'm telling you this story of a very ordinary middle-class...
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a pakistan where a largely urban pakistan b, you know 20 years ago pakistan used to be a rural country. now in 2030 it's estimated to become an urban country. karachi, the city that this book certains around is the large muslim city in the world. it's 18 19 million people. and, of course, living in a city that size requires women to earn and be out there. and so that's sort of a conundrum that the society's dealing with. ask one of the ways in which sort of especially the more conservative elements who want to preserve an old system where women were still within the house is to say that, you know the way we have no destitute women -- it's funny. like in one sense polygamy's supported by people who are very very traditional and want to keep an old system, and on another sense it's supported by people who are almost like pro-feminist in their thinking, right? it's my choice, and if i'm deciding to do this, then who has the right to tell me? and so those debates are going on nearly every soap in pakistan now features the polygamy issue. but then again, you know that's the center. are you
a pakistan where a largely urban pakistan b, you know 20 years ago pakistan used to be a rural country. now in 2030 it's estimated to become an urban country. karachi, the city that this book certains around is the large muslim city in the world. it's 18 19 million people. and, of course, living in a city that size requires women to earn and be out there. and so that's sort of a conundrum that the society's dealing with. ask one of the ways in which sort of especially the more conservative...
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the year of india and pakistan's independence which took around half a million lives. this is a reminder of the irony of life and of history. lincoln and gandhi both seen by the world as symbols of reconciliation, sympathy and justice spent the final years of their lives amidst great violence. gandhi and lincoln both fought for national unity. lincoln to preserve the union and gandhi to preserve a single india for christians and others. moreover gandhi struggled with cost in india was comparable to lincoln's struggle over slavery in the u.s. a. if slavery in the union in whatever order were lincoln's chief concerns, gandhi's concerns over national unity, we should also remember gandhi had a major third concern. indy at's independence. gandhi had three difficult goals compared with lincoln's two difficult goal. if gandhi with the kind of indian lincoln he was also like lincoln in the time of washington. about to play the roles at the same time, the first and sixteenth presidents made. we know of lincoln's insistence the union was older than the constitution. he said it
the year of india and pakistan's independence which took around half a million lives. this is a reminder of the irony of life and of history. lincoln and gandhi both seen by the world as symbols of reconciliation, sympathy and justice spent the final years of their lives amidst great violence. gandhi and lincoln both fought for national unity. lincoln to preserve the union and gandhi to preserve a single india for christians and others. moreover gandhi struggled with cost in india was...
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we -- pakistan and india. we love working there equally and just want to continue working out there. >> yeah. i mean, asia is, you know, particularly like india, it's recreating itself every day. they have thousands of years of history that go way before stories like "partition." but there's a tremendous feeling of energy there this terms of new -- [inaudible] tear ruing some stunning, stunning -- they're producing some stunning new writers, stunning film makers, cartoonists and artists and you really get that feeling of drive. there's no complacency. sometimes i go back to london or france where we were working for a while, and the complacency is just staggering. people assume stuff will come to them, and in india they're making opportunities in everything. and i think it's a tremendous privilege to be able to report, travel freely and make films in that culture in pakistan and across south asia. it's been 20 years of repeated sort of present-giving to us. so i'm really glad we've had the opportunity to do it
we -- pakistan and india. we love working there equally and just want to continue working out there. >> yeah. i mean, asia is, you know, particularly like india, it's recreating itself every day. they have thousands of years of history that go way before stories like "partition." but there's a tremendous feeling of energy there this terms of new -- [inaudible] tear ruing some stunning, stunning -- they're producing some stunning new writers, stunning film makers, cartoonists and...
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so much happening in both countries, pakistan and india. we love working there equally. and we'll continue working out there. >> yeah. i mean, asia, asia is, you know, particularly a nation like india, it's recreating itself every day. they have thousands of years of history that go way before -- [inaudible] but, you know, a tremendous feeling of energy there. i mean, in terms of, you know -- [inaudible] stunning, stunning new film makers, writers, cartoonists and artists, and you really get that feeling of drive. there is no complacency, you know? sometimes i go back to london, and, you know, or france where we were working for a while, and the complacency is just staggering. you know, people assume stuff will come to them. and in india, they're making opportunities in every sense. and, you know, i think that it's a tremendous privilege to go and report, travel freely and make films in that culture, in pakistan, too, and across south asia. it's been 20 years of repeated sort of present-giving to us. i'm glad we've had the opportunity to do it. hope we continue to anyhow
so much happening in both countries, pakistan and india. we love working there equally. and we'll continue working out there. >> yeah. i mean, asia, asia is, you know, particularly a nation like india, it's recreating itself every day. they have thousands of years of history that go way before -- [inaudible] but, you know, a tremendous feeling of energy there. i mean, in terms of, you know -- [inaudible] stunning, stunning new film makers, writers, cartoonists and artists, and you really...
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but i work closely with him but he's definitely in charge of that policy in afghanistan and pakistan. i know i am the book and in this particular day that you started the conversation with ambassador sharper earlier today and i did not hear or she had today but generally speaking we are close together. in fact, have some time suspiciously so so hopefully there will at least be some daylight between what we say. the timing of today's program i think is very opportune. in a few weeks as you know secretaries' day clinton will be going out to india to an ounce whether our indian friends, new strategic partnership between our two great nations. you're program is also an opportunity for me to tell you that secretary clinton's visit will answer some of those who are whispering that president obama's new comprehensive strategy in afghanistan and pakistan has somehow caused a diminution of india's importance to the united states. and i am here to tell you that that is absolutely not the case. on the contrary, this is a time of great optimism and of great promise in our relations with india. o
but i work closely with him but he's definitely in charge of that policy in afghanistan and pakistan. i know i am the book and in this particular day that you started the conversation with ambassador sharper earlier today and i did not hear or she had today but generally speaking we are close together. in fact, have some time suspiciously so so hopefully there will at least be some daylight between what we say. the timing of today's program i think is very opportune. in a few weeks as you know...
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gandhi did not india send deny pakistan in part because they favored it. in 1947 coming on the street element in india defied pakistan. it was not mrs. gandhi and nonviolence came in the way of the nation of people keen on preventing on doing pakistan. true coming political party known as the hindu month suppiah for years but viso barker was set in 1937 that hindus and muslims were two nations oppose partition and strong language. but the hindu? the strength to implement and in many cases what it seems to want was not hindu muslim equality in the united india, but hindu domination. apart from public opinion, there was another reason for gandhi not to fight under deaths in pakistan. he could not invite the terrible killings that were bound to follow his dad in a fast to prevent pakistan. when partition seemed inevitable, but with heralded by muslim violence, reconciliation between hindus and pakistan became gandhi's chief goal. in this task on his actions and words were again lincolnesque. here's what he said in the middle of january 1948, will announce you
gandhi did not india send deny pakistan in part because they favored it. in 1947 coming on the street element in india defied pakistan. it was not mrs. gandhi and nonviolence came in the way of the nation of people keen on preventing on doing pakistan. true coming political party known as the hindu month suppiah for years but viso barker was set in 1937 that hindus and muslims were two nations oppose partition and strong language. but the hindu? the strength to implement and in many cases what...
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the chill that from pakistan steel. the question is how is the privatization down by explicit data in a transparent manner? was it fair? was an insider deal? was it sold two -- too cheap? and he went and sad the privatization that was occurring how to be reversed in the people that monaco how to be reemployed if people can bring this kind of case is, this is not being that nawar sharif to have to tackle because i know that his party is a parody of private business, private sector. to me there is no other way of solving, if you like, i cannot be a solution. as for exam will not solve this company and dates are being made to leave it or not. it's always been linked. in order to make them profitable, you have to share labor and that has been the big issue is always an issue in privatization. so it's going to be a hard sell and hope only the cabinet will be allowed to precede the judiciary during the privatization in the right way, an open wan has no corruption involved. i don't know. i'm hopeful. >> maleeha, go ahead. >> g
the chill that from pakistan steel. the question is how is the privatization down by explicit data in a transparent manner? was it fair? was an insider deal? was it sold two -- too cheap? and he went and sad the privatization that was occurring how to be reversed in the people that monaco how to be reemployed if people can bring this kind of case is, this is not being that nawar sharif to have to tackle because i know that his party is a parody of private business, private sector. to me there...
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in the context of pakistan and one woman and also the celebration of women in pakistan said it resonates across borders this is about legislation we got in pakistan against sexual harassment these laws were passed in 2010 and i will tell you why it was so important. one reason was after years of militancy women were being pushed back in the last decade and a half and this was the first come back and they regained their public space and their workspace so that was widely celebrated throughout the country the other reason was we had a long gap of legislation and pakistan and i don't count the small laws that modify a little something but the last progressive legislation was in the mid-50s. switch has been a very long time and now it opened of space for women so it was good for pakistan and it also opened doors for many other programs of legislation just because that magical chemistry open the doors and we were able to get seven program in legislation passed over the last few years and i was a big breakthrough for us and looking back as to how little started, that is the other part of the s
in the context of pakistan and one woman and also the celebration of women in pakistan said it resonates across borders this is about legislation we got in pakistan against sexual harassment these laws were passed in 2010 and i will tell you why it was so important. one reason was after years of militancy women were being pushed back in the last decade and a half and this was the first come back and they regained their public space and their workspace so that was widely celebrated throughout...
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china and pakistan. it was a win-win option for pakistan and a win-win option for china. for china because if you want to come to the -- through the red sea to the mediterranean, you will probably go over the land for 5000 kilometers and then rougthe state another 8000 kilometers to come here. from -- about 2000 kilometers. it will make economic sense that you utilize this link to the -- it would link china to europe and so that is what actually pushed the government to in that direction. it was also the underlying emphasis that the net gain will not be restricted only to the people pakistan and western china. but in good times, it should blossom east and west and should bring prosperity to all. in fact, already extending to afghanistan should they become peaceful because if you go up north from -- the region to benefit afghanistan. it would make economic sense to get into that project. this of course, did not mean -- it meant a lot of avenues of connvity. ... . iluded fiberoptics and lifelines. it is still happening. most of these investments are now almost completed. we
china and pakistan. it was a win-win option for pakistan and a win-win option for china. for china because if you want to come to the -- through the red sea to the mediterranean, you will probably go over the land for 5000 kilometers and then rougthe state another 8000 kilometers to come here. from -- about 2000 kilometers. it will make economic sense that you utilize this link to the -- it would link china to europe and so that is what actually pushed the government to in that direction. it...
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i was kicked out of pakistan once, chased out of pakistan again. so unfortunately as long as i still -- i'm obviously to some extend threatening to the security of the establishment there i have no idea while. it's a self-agranddiesing thing but i pushed pakistan aside for a bit. i was in the mdise last month. if have done some stuff in north africa. i'm really interested in how the economic crisis will -- what are the political instabilities the result of political instability robbed the world as the result of the economic crisis and how will this recalibrate the political center around the world as various right wing and left wing groups pop up to use the crisis to their advantage. >> host: during the two years with the pakistan that is captured so marvelously, you were did get to india. india didn't capture your? >> guest: to some extent. india is very ecclectic and very -- it is enchanting, but i went india to actually vacation. >> host: not enough trouble for now? >> guest: i feel very comfort enable muslim countries. i was in minneapolis and
i was kicked out of pakistan once, chased out of pakistan again. so unfortunately as long as i still -- i'm obviously to some extend threatening to the security of the establishment there i have no idea while. it's a self-agranddiesing thing but i pushed pakistan aside for a bit. i was in the mdise last month. if have done some stuff in north africa. i'm really interested in how the economic crisis will -- what are the political instabilities the result of political instability robbed the world...
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leverage on pakistan. and -- because of how we view our own substantial assistance programs. the reality is that i think pakistan was going to pursue its own self defined national interest in ways that are probably -- to ours. i think again, we need to address this at a political level. and i think the us taking the initiative to launch a political initiative that is a pathway towards settlement is a conflict, is really the only way to adjust the ultimate question of regional hedging. if you leave a space some not so friendly friends may go off on their own anyway and try to do things which can make it much more confident to get to a peaceful solution. plus, the point that there is a lot of good economic things that can be done for afghanistan and pakistan if you can get those across pakistan economic pipelines and transmission lines and other things agreed in working. part of the reason of course because of the trade with india below is that pakistan will let anything cross its landmass to get to india. t
leverage on pakistan. and -- because of how we view our own substantial assistance programs. the reality is that i think pakistan was going to pursue its own self defined national interest in ways that are probably -- to ours. i think again, we need to address this at a political level. and i think the us taking the initiative to launch a political initiative that is a pathway towards settlement is a conflict, is really the only way to adjust the ultimate question of regional hedging. if you...
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pakistan. you will be amazed, they were from all different backgrounds, all very secular. if you look at those 15 proponents, different to comprehend how a state that is falling. at people, the idea is distributed in 2 different action. that is a phenomena and i tried to answer is that question how the draft had taken place. to begin and explain the context of what we are looking at. i think five major factors i would like to mention, my findings, first and foremost, need for us to understand the different ways in which the taliban and pakistan and how they were doomed in some ways. what was the genesis of these two organizations. i met gandhi today, the old class of the old guard of the afghan taliban seems to be open to negotiation. i will not say they have come to the best, but they are looking for opportunities to negotiate. maybe some of the other associates -- my understanding is the old taliban has lost control of the incidents taking place in afghanistan. this is the second problem with
pakistan. you will be amazed, they were from all different backgrounds, all very secular. if you look at those 15 proponents, different to comprehend how a state that is falling. at people, the idea is distributed in 2 different action. that is a phenomena and i tried to answer is that question how the draft had taken place. to begin and explain the context of what we are looking at. i think five major factors i would like to mention, my findings, first and foremost, need for us to understand...
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with pakistan. but i don't think there is any risk of a diminution in focus on pakistan other than to say that of course emerging events with syria slightly dilute the unipolar focus so if you had asked me this question 18 months before i would have been able to say without hesitation that the greatest threat of terrorism to the u.k. emanated from the fata. it is now much more balanced between the threats you see in syria and the threats in the traditional area of the fata. >> looking at it from your national security counsel role now relevance to the point of view of threats maybe there's an opportunity for the united kingdom to play a part in dialogue with pakistan perhaps in relation to its relations with india because we have good friendships and both of those countries. do you agree with that? >> for clarity the national security council is very much to it engaged in looking at threats an interesting question. could the u.k. play a proactive role in bringing about greater cooperation and reconc
with pakistan. but i don't think there is any risk of a diminution in focus on pakistan other than to say that of course emerging events with syria slightly dilute the unipolar focus so if you had asked me this question 18 months before i would have been able to say without hesitation that the greatest threat of terrorism to the u.k. emanated from the fata. it is now much more balanced between the threats you see in syria and the threats in the traditional area of the fata. >> looking at...
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in 1947 no mainstream india at defy pakistan. it was not as if gandhi and nonviolence came in the way of the nation of people keen on preventing our undoing pakistan. true, a political party known as the hindu for here's lead by -- could lead could set in 1937 that hindus and muslims were two nations oppose partition in strong language but the hindu last the strength to implement its features and in any case would seem to want was not equality in the united india but hindu domination. apart from public opinion there was another reason for gandhi not to fast until death against pakistan. he could not invite the terrible killings that were bound to follow his death in a fast to prevent pakistan. when partition seemed inevitable, but was heralded by hindu muslim violence, reconciliation between hindus and muslims rather than the prevention of pakistan, became gandhi's chief goal. in this task his actions and words were again lincolnesque. here is what he said in the middle of january 1948 while announcing a fast but would not and un
in 1947 no mainstream india at defy pakistan. it was not as if gandhi and nonviolence came in the way of the nation of people keen on preventing our undoing pakistan. true, a political party known as the hindu for here's lead by -- could lead could set in 1937 that hindus and muslims were two nations oppose partition in strong language but the hindu last the strength to implement its features and in any case would seem to want was not equality in the united india but hindu domination. apart...
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and aiding pakistan. that does not bode well. the taliban and had some reason to enter in this reconciliation process. now, it's certainly on certain as to where things had from here. one interpretation is the discord with omar if in fact tele-band leadership and pakistanis take some skeletons out of the closet and setting the table for negotiation, let's hope that is the case. there is also a good chance some elements could come under the black flag of the islamic state. there is is a lot of uncertainty as to where this goes, despite a lot of skepticism most afghans say this reconciliation effort is worth pursuing. i very much think that it is. there is another thing we need to focus on diplomacy has done all the things that dan has described, but it is also the case that diplomacy has been backed up by security efforts by the afghan security forces and the united states. it is military pressure that has sparked the tele-band to to the table, the taliban and themselves are using military force to enhance
and aiding pakistan. that does not bode well. the taliban and had some reason to enter in this reconciliation process. now, it's certainly on certain as to where things had from here. one interpretation is the discord with omar if in fact tele-band leadership and pakistanis take some skeletons out of the closet and setting the table for negotiation, let's hope that is the case. there is also a good chance some elements could come under the black flag of the islamic state. there is is a lot of...
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everyone in pakistan, many people in pakistan or in love with the taliban idea. the romance, the guys that are righteous, simple, basic muslims just trying to implement all and yet no one really wants to live under the same guys. they don't want the streets to be patrolled, they certainly don't want to be lashed buy then so this is a major difference and up until very recently when the time of an advanced within 60 miles of islam a lot and conquered the district of buneir mirrors what i don't think they realized that younkins was becoming a real and was on their doorstep in many ways. >> host: nick i know from what you said today in your book you believe pakistan will model three and yet you know the scenario you describe, the situation you detailed in your book sound severely like the situation in the mid-1970s. >> guest: you're right and i find myself going back and forth. i find myself adopting the position of pakistan will muddle through, and then there's been certain people of course over the past year and a half have said what is in place to really prevent
everyone in pakistan, many people in pakistan or in love with the taliban idea. the romance, the guys that are righteous, simple, basic muslims just trying to implement all and yet no one really wants to live under the same guys. they don't want the streets to be patrolled, they certainly don't want to be lashed buy then so this is a major difference and up until very recently when the time of an advanced within 60 miles of islam a lot and conquered the district of buneir mirrors what i don't...
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pakistan and india. we just want to continue working there. >> asia is particularly re-creating itself every day although it has thousands of years of history that kobe for stories like partitions. it's a tremendous feeling of energy there in terms of the new rate being. there sends stunning filmmakers, cartoonists and you really get that feeling of drive. there is no complacency. sometimes i go back to london mcafee and will be working for a while and the complacency is just staggering. they're making opportunities. that's a tremendous privilege to be able to travel freely and make films in that culture and pakistan. it's been 20 years of repeated third of present giving. i'm glad we've had the opportunities to do it. >> have you lined up your next project yet? >> yes. we cannot tell you. >> it's a secret. [inaudible conversations] >> will return to the same area with similar people. as kathy said, were very influenced by the journalist at a time when poland had no money at all and cnn arrived by helico
pakistan and india. we just want to continue working there. >> asia is particularly re-creating itself every day although it has thousands of years of history that kobe for stories like partitions. it's a tremendous feeling of energy there in terms of the new rate being. there sends stunning filmmakers, cartoonists and you really get that feeling of drive. there is no complacency. sometimes i go back to london mcafee and will be working for a while and the complacency is just staggering....
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pakistan had internal violence caused in part by the migration of al qaeda into pakistan. they had the worst domestic terrorism they ever experienced and if a vital interest was preventing the nuclear weapons from getting into the wrong hands you couldn't go in and exacerbate the almost civil war that they were experiencing. nonetheless, we kept confusing by fluffing off the questions. in the summer of 2008 candidate obama fluid on a campaign visit. he meet went to meet the cabinet and they didn't like each other, they rarely cooperated but they got together and said let's agree to emphasize to possible president obama that it's all about pakistan. when they each said something they said you have to focus on this problem because the sanctuary will make the war unwinnable. when the united states didn't do anything about it, worse, when they made it clear that the thought pakistan was more important to the united states in afghanistan they became deeply confused. there is a scene where vice president joe biden goes out earlier to meet with karzai. a lot of administrations co
pakistan had internal violence caused in part by the migration of al qaeda into pakistan. they had the worst domestic terrorism they ever experienced and if a vital interest was preventing the nuclear weapons from getting into the wrong hands you couldn't go in and exacerbate the almost civil war that they were experiencing. nonetheless, we kept confusing by fluffing off the questions. in the summer of 2008 candidate obama fluid on a campaign visit. he meet went to meet the cabinet and they...
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it seems to me, jo as a citizen in his 60s, viewing pakistan, that the united states treats pakistan like a tossing dwarf. we support them during russia's occupation of afghanistan. we then abandon l them. now we're out at them supporting theming because of 9/11. now we're sending drones there. my question to you, as a young person, is way is the baseline feeling of the pakistanis about american haj monic presence as a foreign power in the affairs of your country in >> well -- >> well, every single dictator we ever had counted on great american friendship in regards to military aide, economic aide, and political aide. america has supported every single dictator we've ever had. i imagine when we have our next one, they'll continue to support him too. there is, you know, the sense that we are a country that on foreign power, survives, and richard drops in every couple weeks, every couple months to see how we're doing. we allow him that, and that's because of great shame, and, you know, mr. holbrooke, who i count as one of my many cosmic enemies -- [laughter] >> really? >> many. david m
it seems to me, jo as a citizen in his 60s, viewing pakistan, that the united states treats pakistan like a tossing dwarf. we support them during russia's occupation of afghanistan. we then abandon l them. now we're out at them supporting theming because of 9/11. now we're sending drones there. my question to you, as a young person, is way is the baseline feeling of the pakistanis about american haj monic presence as a foreign power in the affairs of your country in >> well -- >>...
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so i think the united states bag key ali of pakistan, pakistan is a major nonnato ally in terms of status. the interests of the united states is to keep pakistan steady to make sure that the features, the institutions, the foundations of democracy are strong. that a good, clean leadership emerges and that the people of pakistan are involved in the processes of law of decisionmaking, of democracy. >> host: at what point, professor in your view, did u.s. policy in afghanistan, troops in afghanistan, go awry? >> guest: i think, peter, initially the intention was good. both in afghanistan and iraq. i think there was great desire to promote democracy and so on. i think where it went awry was the fact that american troops arrived with very little. of those society -- very little knowledge of those societies. i have run waziristan, and very successfully. we tackled problems, and bad guys, et cetera, across the borders, without having to start using heavy artillery. where we went wrong is, had we known a bit more about the culture, the languages, the sensitivities, it would have made the task muc
so i think the united states bag key ali of pakistan, pakistan is a major nonnato ally in terms of status. the interests of the united states is to keep pakistan steady to make sure that the features, the institutions, the foundations of democracy are strong. that a good, clean leadership emerges and that the people of pakistan are involved in the processes of law of decisionmaking, of democracy. >> host: at what point, professor in your view, did u.s. policy in afghanistan, troops in...